{"id":63807,"date":"2020-04-08T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63807"},"modified":"2020-04-08T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:23:58","slug":"easypaisa-partners-punjab-govt-distribute-pkr-1-5-million-zakat-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/easypaisa-partners-punjab-govt-distribute-pkr-1-5-million-zakat-funds.html","title":{"rendered":"Easypaisa partners with Punjab govt to distribute PKR 1.5 million in Zakat funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Easypaisa Pakistan has partnered with the Zakat and Ushr Department of the Punjab government to distribute PKR 1.5 billion in Zakat funds among 170,000 local beneficiaries, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/idwp-approves-development-projects-for-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IDWP approves development projects worth PKR 1.35 bn for Islamabad (opens in a new tab)\">IDWP approves development projects worth PKR 1.35 bn for Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the funds were disbursed among the deserving families affected by the lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be disbursed across ten days to maintain social distancing among the recipients\/beneficiaries. Across 36 districts of Punjab, the beneficiaries will be able to receive their Zakat funds from 70,000 Easypaisa retailers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/air-quality-index-of-islamabad-improves-amid-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Air Quality Index of Islamabad improves amid COVID-19 lockdown (opens in a new tab)\">Air Quality Index of Islamabad improves amid COVID-19 lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Easypaisa President &amp; Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Mudassar Aqil said that their company was providing the government its services in these difficult times. He said that Easypaisa was working with various departments of the government, as it was suited for Government-to-People transactions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bahria-town-disinfects-shehzad-town-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bahria Town disinfects Shehzad Town, Islamabad (opens in a new tab)\">Bahria Town disinfects Shehzad Town, Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakat and Ushr Minister Shoukat Ali Laleka said that the government was helping people by utilizing the Zakat funds and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-award-50000-scholarships-undergraduates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s Ehsaas Program (opens in a new tab)\">Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s Ehsaas Program<\/a>. He said that the early distribution of these funds would help sustain deserving families during the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Easypaisa Pakistan has partnered with the Zakat and Ushr Department of the Punjab government to distribute PKR 1.5 billion in Zakat funds among 170,000 local beneficiaries, a news source reported. Read: IDWP approves development projects worth PKR 1.35 bn for Islamabad As per the publication, the funds were disbursed among the deserving families affected by the lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be disbursed across ten days to maintain social distancing among the recipients\/beneficiaries. Across 36 districts of Punjab, the beneficiaries will be able to receive their Zakat funds from 70,000 Easypaisa retailers. Read: Air Quality Index of Islamabad improves amid COVID-19 lockdown Easypaisa President &amp; Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Mudassar Aqil said that their company was providing the government its services in these difficult times. He said that Easypaisa was working with various departments of the government, as it was suited for Government-to-People transactions. Read: Bahria Town disinfects Shehzad Town, Islamabad Zakat and Ushr Minister Shoukat Ali Laleka said that the government was helping people by utilizing the Zakat funds and Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s Ehsaas Program. He said that the early distribution of these funds would help sustain deserving families during the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15017],"tags":[24075,25599,25600,25077],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-covid-19-pandemic","10":"tag-easypaisa-pakistan","11":"tag-easypaisa-president-chief-executive-officer-muhammad-mudassar-aqil","12":"tag-zakat-and-ushr-department","13":"cat-15012-id","14":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Easypaisa Punjab distribute PKR 1.5 million Zakat funds - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: Easypaisa Pakistan has partnered with the Zakat and Ushr Department of the Punjab government to distribute PKR 1.5 billion in Zakat funds\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/easypaisa-partners-punjab-govt-distribute-pkr-1-5-million-zakat-funds.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Easypaisa Punjab distribute PKR 1.5 million Zakat funds - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: Easypaisa Pakistan has partnered with the Zakat and Ushr Department of the Punjab government to distribute PKR 1.5 billion in Zakat funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/easypaisa-partners-punjab-govt-distribute-pkr-1-5-million-zakat-funds.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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